Sphere over Lancaster, OH
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
A Bright light in the shape of a sphere that moved southeast at a steady spead and appeared to have flames pulsating behind it.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2001-02-05 → 2001-02-22
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July 1, 2022 · 9:50 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, OH
I was leaving a friends house when I noticed a green light slowly pulsing low in the western sky. At first, I thought it was just a plane but after a minute or so of watching it, I realized that it was not making any noise and was setting stationary in the sky. I got in my vehicle and drove approximately a third of a mile through the neighborhood and stopped when I found a safe spot to pull over. When I exited my vehicle, I realized it was emanating a white light underneath and was almost directly above me. After standing there looking at the object for a few seconds, I was overcome by an unusual sense of uneasiness and got in my car and left the area. As I was driving away, I saw it again, still setting in the same area about ten minutes later, but as I was on a busy highway, there was no safe place for me to pull over and observe the object further.
June 23, 2022 · 2:00 AM · CROSS
Lancaster, OH
Mid June my boyfriend and I saw a craft with white and green lights in the shape of a cross shoot across the sky and One direction then change direction swiftly and shot across the sky in that direction and disappeared there was no noise coming from it and it was so far away
January 20, 2021 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
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I was taking my dog out to go potty when I glanced up at the sky to admire the constellation Orion and saw a small reddish light moving southwest. Due to its apparent altitude, I assumed it was the International Space Station, so I excitedly pulled up the stargazing app on my phone to confirm my suspicion. When the app failed to identify the light, I watched it until it disappeared over the treeline, trying to figure out what it was. After it vanished from sight, I took my dog into the backyard to do her business, and was surprised to see another light — this one much larger than the first, bright white, and moving northeast. I looked for the flashing red and green lights that would identify the light as a helicopter or airplane, but nothing. I also heard no sound. I pulled up my trusty stargazing app again to see if THIS was the ISS, but it was not. Thinking quickly, I pulled up the camera on my phone and filmed the light until it, too, vanished behind the! treeline. This second object was in view for maybe 30 seconds, and the whole encounter was maybe shortly over a minute. My dog did not respond to either object, but to be fair, she was busy.
November 16, 2017 · 5:00 PM · TRIANGLE
Lancaster, OH
Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
December 18, 2016 · 7:00 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, OH
I thought they were plane lights at first but in a umbrella formation they never moved. Just a yellowish white lights that looked 5 ft apart so for planes it didn't not add up but then they left 4 then 2 until they all disappeared.my wife was heading to work and I stopped her in her car to show her...we are not sure what we saw...it was toward Pleasantville, Ohio
June 15, 2016 · 11:00 PM · LIGHT
Lancaster, OH
Me and my friend were driving towards lancaster when we both saw a very bright light hovering just above the tree line. The light was very bright, brighter than anything ive ever seen in the sky. The object was also very large. When we got to Lancaster the light was hovering lower than before near mcdonalds. We slammed on the brakes and turned around, then the light darted away extremely fast. We then drove in the direction of the light and saw it in the distance. The closer we got to it the further away the light seemed to be. We then lost the object over near walmart